# Daniel 5:7

> The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

— Daniel 5:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea

## When

- 539 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: Daniel 5 tells of the night, not the year. The Cyrus Cylinder and the Nabonidus Chronicle date the fall of Babylon to October 539 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Belshazzar**, king of Babylon, 553-539 BC · Source: The Nabonidus Chronicle and the tablets that name Belshazzar as son and co-regent. The co-regency explains why, in Daniel 5:7 and 5:29, the reward is *third* place in the kingdom and not second.
- **Cyrus the Great**, king of Persia, 559-530 BC · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Daniel 5:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/16
- Daniel 5:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/29
- Daniel 2:48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/48
- Genesis 41:42-44 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/41/42
- Daniel 2:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/6
- Daniel 6:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/6/2
- Genesis 41:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/41/8
- Numbers 22:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/22/7

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).